Oxfam recommends ts.com for 3000+ Oxjam gigs
OXFAM RECOMMENDS TS.COM TO THOUSANDS OF OXJAM EVENT ORGANISERS
Following the huge success of last year’s Oxjam festival, Oxfam is recommending that its events organisers use ts Express, the UK’s first free online ticketing service, to help achieve the anticipated audience of 300,000 in October 2007. Around 40,000 musicians are expected to take part in more than 3,000 music events in October for Oxjam, making it the UK’s biggest ever music festival.
By using ts Express, many of Oxjam’s event organisers will be able to reach a wider audience than through traditional outlets. Because the ts Express service is completely free, music lovers who buy tickets to Oxjam events can be sure that all their money goes towards covering the cost of the event and raising valuable funds for Oxfam.
Each event organiser will remain in full control of their event, being able to create their own ticket selling page within the ts Express service, with their own pictures and descriptions. A range of different tickets at varying prices can be offered by the organisers for each of their events and music lovers simply buy online and print off their ticket at home then bring it along to get into the gig.
ts Express – launched by ticketing expert ts.com earlier this year – is already being used by event organisers and musicians for commercial events, and it was an Oxjam event organiser who suggested that the festival and ts Express were a perfect match.
Gareth Simpson, head of events and community fundraising at Oxfam, said:
“This year, our event organisers can sell tickets online through the Oxjam website for the first time - however big or small the event might be. A simple web-based ticketing process will make putting on an Oxjam event even easier for people who want to get involved.”
Oxjam is a festival with a difference: thousands of events put on by music lovers – from large-scale festivals to local sponsored busks – during October will produce the equivalent of 500 days of continuous music, all raising money to fight poverty around the world. Last year, around 20,000 music lovers took part in 1,100 music events, and the festival generated £500,000 for Oxfam.
Oxjam 2007 aims to raise over £1 million for Oxfam, double the amount raised in 2006. £1 million would be enough to provide safe water for almost 1.4 million people, 20,000 emergency shelters or essential medicines for 10,000 villages.
To find out how you can get involved with Oxjam this year, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam or call 0870 905 9060.
For more information about the UK’s first free online ticketing service, please visit www.ts.com/express.
July 2007